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Loretta Lynn

ABOUTSinger and movie actress who was in Coal Miner's Daughter and released more than twenty #1 singles over the course of her career, including "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)."BEFORE FAMEShe focused on raising a family until receiving a guitar for an anniversary gift. After teaching herself to play, she went on to play with the Pen Brothers' band The Westerners.TRIVIAShe got married at thirteen and after her husband bought her a guitar at twenty-four, she decided to pursue a career singing and playing guitar.FAMILY LIFEShe married Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn Jr. on January 10, 1948 and they had six children together before Oliver passed away in 1996.ASSOCIATED WITHShe sang with Tammy Wynette on the album Honky Tonk Angels.